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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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