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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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