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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 794 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  3. 3.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  7. 7.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) primary colours
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-purple
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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