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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 88 · 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: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) grey
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) blue
  13. 13.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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