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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 270 · 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) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  5. 5.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) complementary colours
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  7. 7.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue-green
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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