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