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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 954 · 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) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) neutral colours (c) complementary colours (d) primary colours
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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