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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 212 · 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) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  8. 8.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  9. 9.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) grey (d) blue-green
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) black and white (d) two primaries
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) red-orange
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) red
  27. 27.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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