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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 56 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  10. 10.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  32. 32.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) primary colours (c) complementary colours (d) neutral colours
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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