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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 733 · 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) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  2. 2.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  3. 3.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  4. 4.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) green
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  18. 18.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two tertiaries (d) black and white
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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