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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 732 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  5. 5.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) black and white
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  18. 18.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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