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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 508 · 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 secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-green
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  8. 8.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) blue
  12. 12.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) purple
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  20. 20.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) black and white (d) two tertiaries
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  37. 37.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green

Answer key

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

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