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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 370 · 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 the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) purple
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  26. 26.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  27. 27.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  28. 28.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) a primary + a secondary
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) orange
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  37. 37.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange

Answer key

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

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