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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 509 · 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-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  5. 5.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) grey (d) blue-green
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) blue
  12. 12.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  22. 22.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  26. 26.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  31. 31.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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