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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 699 · 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 the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  13. 13.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) neutral colours
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) grey
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  22. 22.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  32. 32.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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