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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 890 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  4. 4.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) grey
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  26. 26.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour

Answer key

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

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