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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 754 · 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) purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red
  3. 3.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  6. 6.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) red-purple
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-green (d) green
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red
  26. 26.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) grey
  38. 38.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple

Answer key

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

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