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.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) orange and purple (b) red, yellow and blue (c) black and white only (d) red, green and blue
- 2.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 3.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
- 4.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) white, grey and black (b) red, yellow and blue (c) orange, green, purple (d) green, pink and black
- 5.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 7.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) orange, green and purple (c) red with green (d) red and red-orange
- 9.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) red with green (d) pale to deep red
- 10.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
- 11.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 12.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) red, yellow and blue (c) red with green (d) blue and blue-green
- 13.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) red and red-orange (c) pale to deep red (d) three shades of green
- 14.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
- 15.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 270° and the next at 30°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 16.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 17.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 18.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) neutral (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 19.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) border (b) tint (c) pixel (d) shade
- 20.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 21.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 22.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
- 23.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 24.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 25.🎨 A colour sits at 90° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 26.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) pale to deep red (c) red and red-orange (d) yellow with purple
- 27.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) brown (d) green
- 28.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
- 29.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 30.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) blue with orange (c) pale to deep red (d) light and dark blues
- 31.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 32.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 33.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
- 34.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 35.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 36.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 37.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 38.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) pale to deep red (c) red, yellow and blue (d) blue and blue-green
Answer key
- red, green and blue
- cool colour
- yellow
- red, yellow and blue
- False
- complementary
- False
- red with green
- yellow and yellow-green
- green
- complementary
- blue and blue-green
- red and red-orange
- red
- 150
- cool colour
- warm colour
- complementary
- tint
- 240
- 180
- blue
- 210
- monochrome
- 270
- pale to deep red
- green
- green
- triadic
- blue with orange
- 330
- analogous
- purple
- 90
- warm colour
- monochrome
- cool colour
- True
- False
- red, yellow and blue
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