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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 719 · 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: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  11. 11.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) purple
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  25. 25.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) grey (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  37. 37.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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