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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 772 · 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-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  6. 6.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  7. 7.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) red (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  15. 15.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue
  22. 22.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-purple
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) green (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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