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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 495 · 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.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  13. 13.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) a primary + a secondary
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red
  34. 34.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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