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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 874 · 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 yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  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) green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  10. 10.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) black and white (d) two primaries
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  28. 28.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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