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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 503 · 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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  6. 6.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  9. 9.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  35. 35.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  40. 40.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?

Answer key

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

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