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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 71 · 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 primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  10. 10.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  12. 12.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) green
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) red-purple
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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