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 colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 2.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) brown (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
- 3.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) pixel (b) tint (c) border (d) shade
- 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 5.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 6.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) yellow with purple (d) orange, green and purple
- 7.🎨 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?
- 8.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 9.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) light and dark blues (c) blue and blue-green (d) yellow with purple
- 10.🎨 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?
- 11.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 12.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) pale to deep red (c) blue with orange (d) orange, green and purple
- 13.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 14.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 15.True or false: blue is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
- 17.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red with green (c) blue and blue-green (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 18.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) orange
- 19.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 20.🎨 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?
- 21.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) yellows and reds (b) blues and greens (c) reds and oranges (d) oranges and pinks
- 22.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 23.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
- 24.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 25.True or false: orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 27.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 28.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: red-orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 31.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) pale to deep red (c) red with green (d) blue and blue-green
- 32.True or false: red-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) analogous (b) neutral (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 34.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 35.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 36.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 37.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) brown (d) purple
- 38.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 39.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
- 40.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) tint (b) margin (c) shade (d) font
Answer key
- complementary
- purple
- tint
- complementary
- cool colour
- yellow and yellow-green
- 120
- monochrome
- red, yellow and blue
- 30
- warm colour
- orange, green and purple
- analogous
- cool colour
- True
- orange
- red with green
- yellow
- monochrome
- 240
- blues and greens
- 240
- red
- warm colour
- True
- cool colour
- 210
- True
- True
- monochrome
- pale to deep red
- False
- complementary
- triadic
- triadic
- 330
- purple
- warm colour
- blue
- shade
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