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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 945 · 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: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) grey
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  14. 14.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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