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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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