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