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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 396 · 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.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  5. 5.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) grey
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) complementary colours
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  17. 17.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) purple
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  27. 27.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) green
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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