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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 53 · 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 blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  4. 4.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) orange (d) grey
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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