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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 823 · 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 primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) blue-green
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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