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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 917 · 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 a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  2. 2.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  9. 9.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  36. 36.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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