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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 806 · 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: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  5. 5.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) black and white (c) two primaries (d) two tertiaries
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-green
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red and orange. (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 secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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