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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 426 · 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-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  10. 10.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) green
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  16. 16.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  20. 20.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) grey (d) orange
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) complementary colours
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) green
  31. 31.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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