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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 441 · 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 of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) grey
  8. 8.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  9. 9.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  27. 27.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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