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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 822 · 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.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  2. 2.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  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.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) primary colours (d) analogous colours
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  20. 20.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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