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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 782 · 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.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) green (d) blue
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) blue-green
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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