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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 919 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) green
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  15. 15.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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