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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 449 · 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 the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  4. 4.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  11. 11.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  15. 15.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) orange
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  23. 23.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) two tertiaries
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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