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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 452 · 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.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-green
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) purple
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) grey
  13. 13.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) green
  14. 14.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-purple
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) analogous colours
  35. 35.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-green
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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