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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 641 · 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: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two tertiaries (d) two primaries
  6. 6.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour

Answer key

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

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