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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 952 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  2. 2.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) complementary colours (d) analogous colours
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  5. 5.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  13. 13.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  15. 15.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-green
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) grey (c) orange (d) blue-green
  37. 37.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) a primary + a secondary
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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