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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 596 · 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.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  16. 16.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  30. 30.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) two tertiaries
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) grey
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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