Graphic Design Worksheet: Colour Schemes

Animation and design lesson 11: Colour and colour schemes · Set 255 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
2. 2.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) reds and oranges (b) oranges and pinks (c) yellows and reds (d) blues and greens
3. 3.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) triadic (d) complementary
4. 4.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) purple (b) brown (c) orange (d) green
6. 6.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red with green (c) yellow with purple (d) orange, green and purple
7. 7.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
8. 8.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
9. 9.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
10. 10.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 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?
13. 13.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue with orange (c) yellow with purple (d) red with green
14. 14.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) three shades of green (c) yellow with purple (d) pale to deep red
15. 15.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) neutral (d) analogous
16. 16.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue with orange (c) red and red-orange (d) blue and blue-green
17. 17.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 240° and the next at 0°. At how many degrees is the third?
18. 18.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) border (c) tint (d) pixel
19. 19.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
20. 20.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
22. 22.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) green, pink and black (b) white, grey and black (c) orange, green, purple (d) red, yellow and blue
23. 23.🎨 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?
24. 24.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
26. 26.True or false: blue-green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 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?
28. 28.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
29. 29.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 270° and the next at 30°. At how many degrees is the third?
30. 30.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
31. 31.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) red, yellow and blue (b) red, green and blue (c) black and white only (d) orange and purple
32. 32.True or false: blue-violet is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) brown (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
34. 34.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
35. 35.🎨 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?
36. 36.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
39. 39.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) monochrome
40. 40.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True

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