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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 520 · 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 primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  3. 3.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  23. 23.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  26. 26.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  37. 37.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) complementary colours
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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