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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 928 · 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-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) green
  8. 8.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) black and white (c) two tertiaries (d) two primaries
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  23. 23.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) red
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue (d) orange

Answer key

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

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