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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 559 · 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: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) primary colours
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  10. 10.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) red
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  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.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-purple (d) green
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) orange

Answer key

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

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