Graphic Design Worksheet: Colour Schemes

Animation and design lesson 11: Colour and colour schemes · Set 403 · 40 questions

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.

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

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