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