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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 489 · 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 secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  11. 11.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) grey
  28. 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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