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 complementary scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) yellow with purple (c) three shades of green (d) orange, green and purple
- 2.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) brown
- 3.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 5.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 6.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) green
- 7.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 8.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
- 9.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) brown (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
- 11.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) blue and blue-green (d) red with green
- 12.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 13.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 14.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) blue with orange (c) yellow with purple (d) orange, green and purple
- 15.🎨 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?
- 16.🎨 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?
- 17.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) yellows and reds (b) oranges and pinks (c) blues and greens (d) reds and oranges
- 18.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
- 19.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 20.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) red with green (b) blue with orange (c) pale to deep red (d) blue and blue-green
- 21.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
- 22.True or false: orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 25.🎨 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?
- 26.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 150° and the next at 270°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 27.True or false: blue-green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 30.True or false: teal is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 32.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎨 A colour sits at 90° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 35.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 36.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) red, yellow and blue (c) yellow with purple (d) three shades of green
- 37.🌈 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
- 38.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) red and red-orange (c) red with green (d) three shades of green
- 39.🎨 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?
- 40.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
Answer key
- yellow with purple
- green
- True
- cool colour
- warm colour
- yellow
- warm colour
- green
- True
- green
- red, yellow and blue
- analogous
- triadic
- orange, green and purple
- 270
- 90
- blues and greens
- blue
- analogous
- pale to deep red
- purple
- True
- False
- 60
- 240
- 30
- False
- cool colour
- cool colour
- False
- cool colour
- False
- False
- 270
- 30
- three shades of green
- red, green and blue
- red with green
- 180
- 90
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