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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 961 · 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: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary 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.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  26. 26.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  37. 37.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  40. 40.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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