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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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