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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 840 · 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) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  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) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  22. 22.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  30. 30.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) grey
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) neutral colours
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red

Answer key

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

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