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