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