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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 740 · 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: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-green
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  15. 15.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  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.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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