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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 684 · 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.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) red-purple
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  9. 9.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) red
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  20. 20.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  29. 29.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) orange
  38. 38.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) complementary colours
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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