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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 444 · 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 purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two tertiaries (d) two primaries
  21. 21.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  27. 27.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) green
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple

Answer key

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

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