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Graphic Design Worksheet: Colour Schemes

Animation and design lesson 11: Colour and colour schemes · Set 460 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
  3. 3.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) monochrome
  4. 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) monochrome
  5. 5.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red with green (c) red, yellow and blue (d) orange, green and purple
  7. 7.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) triadic
  8. 8.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) tint (b) pixel (c) border (d) shade
  9. 9.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  10. 10.🎨 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?
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) orange, green and purple (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) light and dark blues
  13. 13.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
  14. 14.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 210° and the next at 330°. At how many degrees is the third?
  15. 15.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
  16. 16.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) orange, green and purple (c) three shades of green (d) red with green
  17. 17.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
  18. 18.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.🌈 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
  20. 20.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  21. 21.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
  22. 22.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) complementary
  23. 23.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) red, yellow and blue (b) orange, green, purple (c) green, pink and black (d) white, grey and black
  24. 24.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) reds and oranges (b) oranges and pinks (c) yellows and reds (d) blues and greens
  27. 27.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) brown
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 330° and the next at 90°. At how many degrees is the third?
  30. 30.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) font (c) margin (d) tint
  31. 31.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
  32. 32.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) neutral
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
  35. 35.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue and blue-green (c) red, yellow and blue (d) red and red-orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) red, yellow and blue (c) blue with orange (d) yellow with purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) blue with orange (d) light and dark blues
  39. 39.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
  40. 40.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour

Answer key

  1. True
  2. cool colour
  3. monochrome
  4. analogous
  5. yellow
  6. pale to deep red
  7. complementary
  8. tint
  9. blue
  10. 120
  11. True
  12. orange, green and purple
  13. warm colour
  14. 90
  15. complementary
  16. three shades of green
  17. cool colour
  18. purple
  19. red, green and blue
  20. red
  21. cool colour
  22. triadic
  23. red, yellow and blue
  24. 180
  25. False
  26. blues and greens
  27. green
  28. True
  29. 210
  30. shade
  31. cool colour
  32. complementary
  33. False
  34. cool colour
  35. True
  36. red, yellow and blue
  37. light and dark blues
  38. blue with orange
  39. warm colour
  40. warm colour

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