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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 78 · 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: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-purple
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) complementary colours
  28. 28.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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