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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 600 · 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: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  5. 5.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) red (d) blue-green
  6. 6.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  7. 7.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) purple
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) black and white (d) two primaries
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) purple
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) red-orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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