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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 224 · 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 a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  14. 14.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  20. 20.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) red (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  23. 23.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  28. 28.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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