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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 412 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  13. 13.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) grey
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  15. 15.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) black and white (d) two primaries
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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