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.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
- 2.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) red with green (c) orange, green and purple (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 3.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) orange (b) brown (c) green (d) purple
- 4.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 5.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 7.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 8.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) blue with orange (c) red with green (d) light and dark blues
- 11.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 12.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 13.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 14.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) border (c) tint (d) pixel
- 15.🎨 A colour sits at 90° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 16.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 17.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) red, yellow and blue (b) white, grey and black (c) green, pink and black (d) orange, green, purple
- 18.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 19.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 20.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 21.🎨 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?
- 22.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 23.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
- 24.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 25.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) reds and oranges (b) yellows and reds (c) oranges and pinks (d) blues and greens
- 26.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) brown
- 27.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 28.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 29.🎨 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?
- 30.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
- 31.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 32.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
- 34.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎨 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?
- 37.🎨 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?
- 38.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) red with green (c) red and red-orange (d) orange, green and purple
- 39.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) brown (c) green (d) purple
- 40.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) blue and blue-green (d) yellow and yellow-green
Answer key
- red
- orange, green and purple
- green
- 330
- True
- warm colour
- warm colour
- False
- False
- light and dark blues
- warm colour
- 210
- analogous
- tint
- 270
- monochrome
- red, yellow and blue
- cool colour
- 0
- 60
- 30
- monochrome
- blue
- cool colour
- blues and greens
- orange
- warm colour
- monochrome
- 180
- orange
- complementary
- True
- green
- False
- True
- 150
- 240
- red and red-orange
- purple
- red, yellow and blue
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