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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 943 · 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, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  23. 23.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) orange
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour

Answer key

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

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