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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 303 · 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.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  7. 7.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  11. 11.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) neutral colours
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) green
  14. 14.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  16. 16.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  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.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) orange
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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