Graphic Design Worksheet: Colour Schemes
Creator's tip (Round the wheel): Paint primaries: red, yellow, blue. Red + yellow = orange, yellow + blue = green, red + blue = purple. Complementary = opposite (180° apart); analogous = neighbours; monochrome = one colour; triadic = 120° apart. Tint = colour + white; shade = colour + black. Warm: reds, oranges, yellows. Cool: blues, greens, purples.
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- 1.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) red and red-orange (c) blue and blue-green (d) light and dark blues
- 2.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 3.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 5.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) orange (d) purple
- 7.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 8.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 10.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) red with green (c) three shades of green (d) red and red-orange
- 11.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 12.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 13.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
- 14.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
- 15.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) purple (d) orange
- 16.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) light and dark blues (d) blue with orange
- 17.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) orange (d) purple
- 18.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 20.🎨 A colour sits at 330° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 21.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 22.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) orange, green and purple (c) three shades of green (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 23.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 24.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 25.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 26.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) blue
- 27.True or false: teal is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: blue-violet is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) pale to deep red (c) red, yellow and blue (d) light and dark blues
- 32.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 60° and the next at 180°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 33.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 34.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
- 35.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 36.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red, yellow and blue (c) red and red-orange (d) orange, green and purple
- 37.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) orange, green and purple (c) three shades of green (d) blue and blue-green
- 38.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) pale to deep red (c) red and red-orange (d) red with green
- 39.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
Answer key
- light and dark blues
- complementary
- 0
- triadic
- True
- orange
- cool colour
- True
- 60
- three shades of green
- 240
- complementary
- green
- red
- green
- blue with orange
- orange
- False
- complementary
- 150
- 180
- yellow and yellow-green
- cool colour
- triadic
- cool colour
- blue
- False
- False
- False
- True
- red, yellow and blue
- 300
- warm colour
- purple
- warm colour
- pale to deep red
- blue and blue-green
- orange, green and purple
- False
- 90
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