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.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 2.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red, yellow and blue (c) red with green (d) orange, green and purple
- 3.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 4.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) blue with orange (c) red with green (d) pale to deep red
- 5.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) triadic (d) analogous
- 6.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 8.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 9.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 10.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) tint (b) shade (c) pixel (d) border
- 11.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 12.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) brown (d) purple
- 13.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎨 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?
- 15.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
- 16.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 17.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 18.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) three shades of green (c) blue with orange (d) light and dark blues
- 19.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) brown (d) purple
- 20.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) neutral
- 21.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) pale to deep red (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) orange, green and purple
- 23.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
- 24.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 25.🎨 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?
- 26.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 27.🎨 A colour sits at 90° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 28.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 29.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 30.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
- 31.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 32.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) red and red-orange (d) yellow with purple
- 33.🎨 A colour sits at 330° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 34.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 36.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 37.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) red, yellow and blue (c) red and red-orange (d) three shades of green
- 38.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 39.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) light and dark blues (c) orange, green and purple (d) blue with orange
- 40.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
Answer key
- cool colour
- red with green
- monochrome
- pale to deep red
- complementary
- True
- analogous
- cool colour
- 120
- tint
- cool colour
- orange
- True
- 240
- purple
- cool colour
- 180
- yellow and yellow-green
- green
- analogous
- False
- orange, green and purple
- orange
- warm colour
- 120
- analogous
- 270
- complementary
- triadic
- orange
- 210
- yellow with purple
- 150
- False
- complementary
- cool colour
- red and red-orange
- warm colour
- blue and blue-green
- cool colour
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