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