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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 204 · 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 orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  13. 13.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  27. 27.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  29. 29.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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