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