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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 275 · 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 blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) blue
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  6. 6.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  7. 7.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  13. 13.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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