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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 250 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  12. 12.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) green
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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