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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 637 · 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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two tertiaries (d) black and white
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  4. 4.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  16. 16.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) grey (d) blue-green
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green

Answer key

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

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