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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 272 · 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-purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  3. 3.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  28. 28.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) a primary + a secondary
  31. 31.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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