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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 718 · 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) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-purple
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  24. 24.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) red
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  31. 31.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red

Answer key

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

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