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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 251 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) two tertiaries
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  24. 24.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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