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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 401 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  20. 20.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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