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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 215 · 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 primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  18. 18.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  40. 40.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) grey (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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