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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 173 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Go round the circle): Order: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-purple, purple, red-purple. Primary: red, yellow, blue. Secondary: orange, green, purple. Tertiary: the six two-word colours. Neighbours on the wheel are called analogous colours; black, white, grey and brown are neutrals and are not on the wheel.

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  1. 1.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) orange
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  24. 24.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two tertiaries (d) two primaries
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  27. 27.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) grey
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  32. 32.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  33. 33.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  35. 35.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. blue-purple
  3. yellow-green
  4. True
  5. tertiary colour
  6. False
  7. tertiary colour
  8. False
  9. tertiary colour
  10. primary colour
  11. red-purple
  12. False
  13. True
  14. purple
  15. green
  16. True
  17. red
  18. tertiary colour
  19. True
  20. secondary colour
  21. blue
  22. False
  23. 6
  24. a primary + a secondary
  25. blue-purple
  26. yellow-green
  27. 6
  28. secondary colour
  29. True
  30. grey
  31. blue
  32. 12
  33. False
  34. blue-green
  35. analogous colours
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. green
  40. False

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