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.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 2.True or false: green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 5.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 6.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) brown
- 8.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) margin (b) shade (c) tint (d) font
- 9.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) black and white only (b) orange and purple (c) red, green and blue (d) red, yellow and blue
- 10.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 210° and the next at 330°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 11.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
- 12.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 13.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 14.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 15.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 16.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) red with green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 17.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 18.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 19.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 20.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 21.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 300° and the next at 60°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 22.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 23.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 24.🎨 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?
- 25.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
- 26.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 27.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 0° and the next at 120°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 28.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) red, yellow and blue (b) orange, green, purple (c) white, grey and black (d) green, pink and black
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 30.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 31.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) red with green (c) yellow with purple (d) three shades of green
- 32.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 330° and the next at 90°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 33.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) red with green (d) blue and blue-green
- 34.🎨 A colour sits at 120° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 35.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 36.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 37.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 39.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 40.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) reds and oranges (b) oranges and pinks (c) blues and greens (d) yellows and reds
Answer key
- warm colour
- True
- complementary
- monochrome
- analogous
- True
- green
- shade
- red, green and blue
- 90
- orange
- warm colour
- 30
- complementary
- complementary
- yellow and yellow-green
- triadic
- analogous
- cool colour
- 210
- 180
- cool colour
- 90
- 300
- red
- monochrome
- 240
- red, yellow and blue
- warm colour
- 180
- orange, green and purple
- 210
- red with green
- 300
- warm colour
- analogous
- False
- cool colour
- 330
- blues and greens
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