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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 535 · 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: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) orange
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  25. 25.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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