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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 628 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  7. 7.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) grey
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) orange

Answer key

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

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