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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 700 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) purple
  3. 3.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  4. 4.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  6. 6.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) red
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  25. 25.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  26. 26.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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