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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 428 · 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.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  11. 11.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) grey
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) purple

Answer key

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

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