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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 970 · 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 the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  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 of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  14. 14.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) grey (c) orange (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  23. 23.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  25. 25.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  26. 26.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) green
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  33. 33.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  37. 37.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour

Answer key

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

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