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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 562 · 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.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  2. 2.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) blue
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  10. 10.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) complementary colours
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-green
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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