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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 353 · 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.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  7. 7.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) grey (c) orange (d) blue-green
  8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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