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