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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 588 · 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: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) grey
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  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.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  12. 12.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) red
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  32. 32.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) analogous colours
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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