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: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 2.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 3.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 4.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 5.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
- 6.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 7.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) orange, green and purple (c) blue and blue-green (d) light and dark blues
- 8.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) border (c) tint (d) pixel
- 9.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 10.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) yellow with purple (c) pale to deep red (d) red, yellow and blue
- 11.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) monochrome (b) neutral (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 12.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue with orange (c) orange, green and purple (d) red, yellow and blue
- 13.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 14.🎨 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?
- 15.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red with green (c) red, yellow and blue (d) three shades of green
- 16.🌈 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
- 17.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 180° and the next at 300°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 18.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) brown (d) green
- 19.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 20.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) brown
- 21.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) triadic (b) neutral (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 22.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 23.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 24.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
- 25.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
- 26.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 27.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) brown
- 28.🎨 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?
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 30.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red, yellow and blue (c) blue with orange (d) yellow with purple
- 31.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 32.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 34.True or false: blue-green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 36.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) red, yellow and blue (d) blue with orange
- 37.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) brown
- 38.🎨 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?
- 39.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 40.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
Answer key
- warm colour
- analogous
- 90
- 330
- red
- cool colour
- orange, green and purple
- tint
- warm colour
- yellow with purple
- complementary
- blue with orange
- cool colour
- 330
- red with green
- red, green and blue
- 60
- orange
- 240
- purple
- analogous
- monochrome
- analogous
- blue
- green
- monochrome
- purple
- 240
- cool colour
- pale to deep red
- 180
- True
- triadic
- False
- complementary
- light and dark blues
- orange
- 300
- warm colour
- triadic
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