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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 277 · 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 yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) red-orange
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  9. 9.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  10. 10.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  14. 14.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) purple
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) purple
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red
  35. 35.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  36. 36.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) two tertiaries
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  40. 40.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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