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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 639 · 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 yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  14. 14.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow
  18. 18.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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