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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 599 · 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 secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  11. 11.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  24. 24.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  38. 38.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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