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