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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 672 · 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 a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  14. 14.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) green
  25. 25.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) purple

Answer key

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

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