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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 406 · 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 a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  27. 27.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) neutral colours
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) green
  35. 35.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) grey
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) green

Answer key

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

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