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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 698 · 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) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) two tertiaries (c) black and white (d) a primary + a secondary
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  16. 16.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-green
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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