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