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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 629 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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