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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 537 · 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 red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) purple
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) purple
  20. 20.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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