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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 278 · 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) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-green
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  13. 13.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) green (d) purple
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) neutral colours
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white

Answer key

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

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