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 red and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
- 2.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 3.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) red with green (b) pale to deep red (c) red, yellow and blue (d) yellow with purple
- 4.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) purple (b) brown (c) green (d) orange
- 5.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 120° and the next at 240°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 6.🎨 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?
- 7.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 8.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 9.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 10.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red with green (b) orange, green and purple (c) pale to deep red (d) light and dark blues
- 11.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) orange, green, purple (b) red, yellow and blue (c) white, grey and black (d) green, pink and black
- 12.🎨 A colour sits at 330° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 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.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 15.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) blues and greens (b) oranges and pinks (c) reds and oranges (d) yellows and reds
- 16.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) red, green and blue (b) orange and purple (c) red, yellow and blue (d) black and white only
- 18.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 19.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) pale to deep red (c) red, yellow and blue (d) red with green
- 20.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 21.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
- 22.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 180° and the next at 300°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 23.True or false: blue-green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) blue with orange (c) blue and blue-green (d) red and red-orange
- 25.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
- 26.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 27.🎨 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?
- 28.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) neutral (d) complementary
- 29.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) font (b) margin (c) tint (d) shade
- 30.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) blue with orange (c) blue and blue-green (d) pale to deep red
- 31.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red with green (b) orange, green and purple (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) light and dark blues
- 32.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) yellow with purple (c) pale to deep red (d) red and red-orange
- 33.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
- 34.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
- 36.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 37.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 38.🎨 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?
- 39.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 40.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
Answer key
- purple
- complementary
- pale to deep red
- orange
- 0
- 240
- 120
- complementary
- 210
- orange, green and purple
- red, yellow and blue
- 150
- 90
- 240
- blues and greens
- True
- red, green and blue
- monochrome
- red, yellow and blue
- complementary
- red
- 60
- False
- three shades of green
- green
- monochrome
- 330
- analogous
- shade
- blue and blue-green
- red with green
- yellow with purple
- orange
- False
- yellow
- warm colour
- warm colour
- 270
- 0
- warm colour
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