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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 187 · 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 blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  9. 9.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  10. 10.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  17. 17.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  28. 28.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) primary colours (c) neutral colours (d) complementary colours
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  35. 35.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green

Answer key

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

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