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