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.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) yellow with purple (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 2.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) brown (d) orange
- 3.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) blues and greens (b) oranges and pinks (c) yellows and reds (d) reds and oranges
- 4.🎨 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?
- 5.True or false: blue is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) white, grey and black (b) orange, green, purple (c) green, pink and black (d) red, yellow and blue
- 7.🎨 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?
- 8.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 9.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 11.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
- 12.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 13.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 14.🎨 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?
- 15.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 16.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) font (b) margin (c) shade (d) tint
- 17.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
- 18.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) brown
- 20.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 21.🎨 A colour sits at 120° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 22.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
- 23.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
- 24.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) blue with orange (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 25.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
- 26.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 27.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) brown (d) green
- 28.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 30.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) blue with orange (c) orange, green and purple (d) blue and blue-green
- 31.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 32.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) red with green (c) red and red-orange (d) red, yellow and blue
- 33.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red with green (c) yellow with purple (d) red and red-orange
- 34.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 35.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 36.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 37.🎨 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?
- 38.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) pale to deep red (c) yellow with purple (d) orange, green and purple
- 39.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 40.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
Answer key
- yellow and yellow-green
- orange
- blues and greens
- 270
- True
- red, yellow and blue
- 60
- complementary
- False
- 240
- purple
- monochrome
- cool colour
- 90
- 180
- shade
- yellow
- False
- purple
- warm colour
- 300
- green
- green
- blue with orange
- red
- warm colour
- green
- warm colour
- warm colour
- blue and blue-green
- cool colour
- red with green
- pale to deep red
- 120
- cool colour
- cool colour
- 30
- orange, green and purple
- 60
- 330
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