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.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 2.🎨 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?
- 3.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) red, green and blue (b) red, yellow and blue (c) orange and purple (d) black and white only
- 4.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 180° and the next at 300°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 5.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) blue and blue-green (c) red, yellow and blue (d) orange, green and purple
- 7.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 8.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 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.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) pixel (c) border (d) tint
- 11.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 12.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: blue-green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 16.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
- 17.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) red, yellow and blue (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) red with green
- 18.🎨 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?
- 19.🎨 A colour sits at 60° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 20.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
- 21.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red and red-orange (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) orange, green and purple
- 22.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 23.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) orange, green, purple (b) green, pink and black (c) white, grey and black (d) red, yellow and blue
- 24.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
- 25.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) blue with orange (c) three shades of green (d) pale to deep red
- 26.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 27.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) red with green (c) three shades of green (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 28.True or false: orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 30.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) red with green (b) blue with orange (c) yellow with purple (d) light and dark blues
- 31.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 32.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 33.🎨 A colour sits at 120° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 34.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
- 35.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red with green (b) red and red-orange (c) orange, green and purple (d) blue and blue-green
- 36.True or false: red-orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: red-orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎨 A colour sits at 330° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 39.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) brown
- 40.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) orange, green and purple (c) pale to deep red (d) red and red-orange
Answer key
- analogous
- 0
- red, green and blue
- 60
- False
- yellow with purple
- warm colour
- warm colour
- 270
- tint
- monochrome
- True
- False
- False
- warm colour
- purple
- red, yellow and blue
- 180
- 240
- blue
- orange, green and purple
- complementary
- red, yellow and blue
- purple
- blue with orange
- analogous
- yellow and yellow-green
- False
- 30
- light and dark blues
- 120
- triadic
- 300
- green
- red with green
- True
- False
- 150
- purple
- red and red-orange
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