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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 216 · 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.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  9. 9.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) purple
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  20. 20.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours

Answer key

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

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