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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 442 · 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, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-purple
  10. 10.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-purple
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two tertiaries (d) black and white
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  37. 37.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) orange (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) red
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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