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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 177 · 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.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  6. 6.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) complementary colours
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) green
  11. 11.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) purple
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red

Answer key

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

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