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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 267 · 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, purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) black and white
  8. 8.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  13. 13.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  34. 34.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?

Answer key

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

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