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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 84 · 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, purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  13. 13.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  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.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) black and white
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  30. 30.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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