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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 523 · 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.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) analogous colours
  24. 24.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red
  35. 35.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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