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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 807 · 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 red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  17. 17.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) green (d) purple
  24. 24.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) neutral colours
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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