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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 524 · 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-orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  9. 9.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) two tertiaries
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  22. 22.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  36. 36.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  39. 39.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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