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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 795 · 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 the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) neutral colours
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  14. 14.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  15. 15.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  36. 36.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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