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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 210 · 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 yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) grey
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  35. 35.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue

Answer key

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

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