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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 294 · 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) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) red-purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) orange (d) red
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) orange
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour

Answer key

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

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