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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 624 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  8. 8.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two tertiaries (d) two primaries
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  26. 26.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-orange
  28. 28.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-purple
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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