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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 273 · 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.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  2. 2.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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