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