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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 346 · 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) orange (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue
  7. 7.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) orange (d) grey
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  15. 15.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  27. 27.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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