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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 681 · 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 simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  2. 2.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green 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) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  24. 24.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  26. 26.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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