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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 2.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 3.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) brown
- 4.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) light and dark blues (c) three shades of green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 5.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) orange, green, purple (b) red, yellow and blue (c) white, grey and black (d) green, pink and black
- 6.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) neutral
- 7.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 8.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) neutral
- 9.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) three shades of green (c) red with green (d) blue with orange
- 10.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 11.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🎨 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?
- 13.🎨 A colour sits at 90° 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 blue? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
- 15.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
- 16.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 18.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) purple (d) orange
- 19.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 20.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
- 21.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) orange, green and purple (c) pale to deep red (d) red and red-orange
- 22.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 23.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) pale to deep red (c) red with green (d) yellow with purple
- 24.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) black and white only (b) orange and purple (c) red, yellow and blue (d) red, green and blue
- 25.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 26.🎨 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?
- 27.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 28.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) blue with orange (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) yellow with purple
- 29.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 30.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) blue and blue-green (c) blue with orange (d) red, yellow and blue
- 31.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 32.🎨 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?
- 33.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) brown (d) purple
- 34.🎨 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?
- 35.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
- 36.🎨 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?
- 37.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎨 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?
- 39.🎨 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?
- 40.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) yellows and reds (b) oranges and pinks (c) blues and greens (d) reds and oranges
Answer key
- monochrome
- warm colour
- purple
- red, yellow and blue
- red, yellow and blue
- complementary
- analogous
- analogous
- red and red-orange
- warm colour
- True
- 270
- 270
- orange
- blue
- False
- monochrome
- purple
- warm colour
- yellow
- orange, green and purple
- warm colour
- pale to deep red
- red, green and blue
- complementary
- 120
- cool colour
- yellow and yellow-green
- 330
- blue and blue-green
- cool colour
- 330
- orange
- 60
- red
- 180
- False
- 300
- 240
- blues and greens
Free animation and design lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/animation-for-kids