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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 530 · 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: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) red
  9. 9.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) complementary colours
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  27. 27.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  31. 31.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  34. 34.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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