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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 372 · 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.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  33. 33.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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