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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 466 · 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: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) two tertiaries
  11. 11.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  13. 13.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) purple
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  17. 17.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) analogous colours
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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