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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 612 · 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, orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green 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) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  11. 11.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) primary colours
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  25. 25.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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