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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 821 · 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 tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  8. 8.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) orange
  10. 10.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) red
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  39. 39.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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