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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 387 · 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 tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  10. 10.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  11. 11.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) orange
  12. 12.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  13. 13.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) two tertiaries
  15. 15.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) complementary colours
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  30. 30.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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