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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 365 · 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) green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  9. 9.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  10. 10.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  15. 15.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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