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