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.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
- 2.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) blues and greens (b) reds and oranges (c) oranges and pinks (d) yellows and reds
- 3.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) border (c) tint (d) pixel
- 4.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 5.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) brown
- 6.🎨 A colour sits at 120° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 7.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 8.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
- 9.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 10.True or false: blue-green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
- 12.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red with green (b) yellow with purple (c) pale to deep red (d) red, yellow and blue
- 13.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) orange and purple (b) black and white only (c) red, green and blue (d) red, yellow and blue
- 14.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 15.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) brown (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
- 16.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 17.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) neutral
- 18.True or false: orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
- 20.🎨 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?
- 21.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 22.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) red and red-orange (c) yellow with purple (d) three shades of green
- 23.🎨 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?
- 24.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) red with green (c) red and red-orange (d) light and dark blues
- 25.🎨 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?
- 26.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue and blue-green (c) red with green (d) blue with orange
- 27.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 28.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
- 29.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 30.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 31.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 32.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎨 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?
- 34.🎨 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?
- 35.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) tint (b) margin (c) font (d) shade
- 36.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red with green (c) blue and blue-green (d) blue with orange
- 38.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎨 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?
- 40.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
Answer key
- purple
- blues and greens
- tint
- warm colour
- green
- 300
- 210
- red
- warm colour
- False
- green
- red, yellow and blue
- red, green and blue
- cool colour
- orange
- triadic
- analogous
- False
- orange
- 180
- monochrome
- yellow with purple
- 270
- red and red-orange
- 210
- pale to deep red
- 240
- blue
- complementary
- cool colour
- analogous
- False
- 240
- 120
- shade
- True
- blue and blue-green
- False
- 330
- cool colour
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