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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 92 · 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-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  7. 7.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) analogous colours (c) complementary colours (d) neutral colours
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  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.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  25. 25.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red
  32. 32.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  33. 33.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) purple

Answer key

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

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