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