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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 586 · 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.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  19. 19.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) black and white (d) two tertiaries
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) green (d) blue-green
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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