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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 474 · 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 a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  5. 5.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  17. 17.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  18. 18.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) orange
  19. 19.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  30. 30.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red (d) red-purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  38. 38.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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