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