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