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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 883 · 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: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) purple
  4. 4.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  14. 14.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  33. 33.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) two tertiaries (c) black and white (d) a primary + a secondary
  34. 34.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour

Answer key

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

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