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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 709 · 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.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  4. 4.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-purple
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) black and white (d) two primaries
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  25. 25.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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