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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 47 · 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: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  8. 8.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) purple
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) grey (d) blue-green
  34. 34.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue

Answer key

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

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