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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 606 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) blue-green
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) primary colours (c) complementary colours (d) neutral colours
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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