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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 231 · 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 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) green
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) red-orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  18. 18.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  19. 19.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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