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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 932 · 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: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) grey (d) blue-green
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) black and white (d) two primaries
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  30. 30.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  31. 31.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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