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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 949 · 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.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  3. 3.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  14. 14.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  40. 40.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red

Answer key

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

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