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