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