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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 643 · 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.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) analogous colours
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  3. 3.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) grey
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue 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 blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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