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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 647 · 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 tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) red-orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) red (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) green (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  25. 25.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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