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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 488 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  3. 3.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  17. 17.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  26. 26.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) analogous colours
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-purple
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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