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 orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
- 2.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) brown (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
- 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 5.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
- 6.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) red and red-orange (c) pale to deep red (d) orange, green and purple
- 8.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 9.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 10.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 11.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) blue with orange (d) three shades of green
- 12.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 13.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) border (c) pixel (d) tint
- 14.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
- 15.🎨 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?
- 16.True or false: green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 18.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 19.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 20.🎨 A colour sits at 90° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 21.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) brown
- 22.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) font (c) margin (d) tint
- 23.True or false: blue-violet is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) red and red-orange (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) pale to deep red
- 25.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 28.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) light and dark blues (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) yellow with purple
- 29.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 30.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 31.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
- 33.🎨 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?
- 34.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 35.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 36.🎨 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?
- 37.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 38.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
- 39.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 40.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) blue and blue-green (d) red, yellow and blue
Answer key
- blue
- False
- orange
- triadic
- purple
- False
- orange, green and purple
- complementary
- cool colour
- 60
- yellow and yellow-green
- complementary
- tint
- yellow
- 240
- True
- 0
- warm colour
- 330
- 270
- purple
- shade
- True
- blue with orange
- True
- False
- cool colour
- light and dark blues
- analogous
- complementary
- False
- red
- 120
- cool colour
- 120
- 270
- cool colour
- green
- analogous
- red, yellow and blue
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