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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 186 · 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 the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  12. 12.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue
  23. 23.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) primary colours (c) complementary colours (d) neutral colours

Answer key

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

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