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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 950 · 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 red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  9. 9.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red
  17. 17.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  18. 18.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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