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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 459 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  17. 17.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  35. 35.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  36. 36.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue

Answer key

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

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