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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 541 · 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 orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  3. 3.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  10. 10.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) neutral colours
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  34. 34.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) red
  35. 35.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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