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