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.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 120° and the next at 240°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 2.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) brown (c) green (d) purple
- 3.🎨 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?
- 4.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 5.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 6.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
- 7.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) neutral (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 9.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red and red-orange (c) red, yellow and blue (d) light and dark blues
- 10.🎨 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?
- 11.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) orange (b) brown (c) purple (d) green
- 12.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 13.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) brown (c) green (d) purple
- 14.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
- 15.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) three shades of green (c) red with green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 17.True or false: orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 19.🎨 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?
- 20.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 21.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 22.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 24.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) green, pink and black (b) orange, green, purple (c) white, grey and black (d) red, yellow and blue
- 25.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) light and dark blues (c) red with green (d) red and red-orange
- 26.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) border (b) pixel (c) tint (d) shade
- 27.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 28.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) blues and greens (b) yellows and reds (c) oranges and pinks (d) reds and oranges
- 29.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) brown (d) purple
- 30.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 31.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
- 32.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 33.🎨 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?
- 34.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 35.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 36.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎨 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?
- 38.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 39.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) orange, green and purple (c) blue with orange (d) blue and blue-green
- 40.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 0
- purple
- 90
- warm colour
- 60
- green
- True
- complementary
- red, yellow and blue
- 300
- green
- complementary
- orange
- yellow
- False
- three shades of green
- False
- cool colour
- 120
- monochrome
- cool colour
- False
- triadic
- red, yellow and blue
- red with green
- tint
- analogous
- blues and greens
- orange
- 180
- purple
- 120
- 330
- warm colour
- 210
- False
- 180
- 0
- blue and blue-green
- False
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