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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 36 · 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) green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) green
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) green
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  30. 30.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) neutral colours
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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