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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 507 · 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 red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  6. 6.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) grey
  12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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