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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 307 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) red (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  27. 27.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  28. 28.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  30. 30.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) green
  33. 33.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) black and white (d) two primaries
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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