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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 62 · 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-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  15. 15.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  16. 16.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  17. 17.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red
  20. 20.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) green (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  24. 24.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) purple (d) orange

Answer key

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

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