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