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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 264 · 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, blue-green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red
  14. 14.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  27. 27.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) primary colours
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  37. 37.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) black and white (d) two primaries

Answer key

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

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