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.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) neutral (d) complementary
- 2.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 3.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red with green (b) light and dark blues (c) blue and blue-green (d) three shades of green
- 4.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) brown
- 5.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) orange, green, purple (b) white, grey and black (c) red, yellow and blue (d) green, pink and black
- 6.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 7.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) tint (b) font (c) margin (d) shade
- 8.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 9.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 10.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 11.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) orange and purple (b) red, green and blue (c) black and white only (d) red, yellow and blue
- 12.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) blue and blue-green (c) pale to deep red (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 13.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 14.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: blue-violet is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 17.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 18.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) border (b) tint (c) pixel (d) shade
- 19.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 20.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
- 21.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) pale to deep red (d) three shades of green
- 22.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 23.🎨 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?
- 24.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 25.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) blue and blue-green (c) red and red-orange (d) orange, green and purple
- 26.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 27.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 28.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) neutral (d) analogous
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 30.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 31.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 32.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 33.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
- 34.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 35.🎨 A colour sits at 120° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 36.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) purple (b) brown (c) orange (d) green
- 37.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 38.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
- 39.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 150° and the next at 270°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 40.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) triadic
Answer key
- complementary
- analogous
- red with green
- green
- red, yellow and blue
- complementary
- shade
- warm colour
- analogous
- 120
- red, green and blue
- pale to deep red
- cool colour
- False
- True
- cool colour
- cool colour
- tint
- warm colour
- purple
- red, yellow and blue
- triadic
- 300
- warm colour
- yellow with purple
- triadic
- 60
- analogous
- warm colour
- monochrome
- 90
- warm colour
- yellow
- 210
- 300
- orange
- cool colour
- blue
- 30
- complementary
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