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) triadic (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 2.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 3.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) brown (c) purple (d) green
- 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) triadic (d) analogous
- 5.True or false: green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 8.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 9.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red with green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) blue with orange (d) yellow with purple
- 10.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 11.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) analogous (b) neutral (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 12.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) orange (d) purple
- 13.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
- 14.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) brown (d) orange
- 15.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) red
- 16.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) purple (d) orange
- 17.True or false: blue-violet is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 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 warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) brown (d) green
- 21.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
- 22.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) black and white only (b) red, green and blue (c) red, yellow and blue (d) orange and purple
- 23.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 24.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 25.True or false: blue-violet is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: teal is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) red with green (c) red and red-orange (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 28.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 30.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) blue with orange (d) blue and blue-green
- 31.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 32.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 33.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 34.🎨 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?
- 35.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 36.🎨 A colour sits at 330° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 37.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🎨 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?
- 39.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 0° and the next at 120°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 40.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
Answer key
- analogous
- warm colour
- orange
- triadic
- True
- True
- warm colour
- complementary
- red, yellow and blue
- 30
- complementary
- orange
- green
- green
- purple
- purple
- True
- 270
- True
- purple
- blue
- red, green and blue
- 90
- cool colour
- False
- False
- red with green
- cool colour
- warm colour
- blue with orange
- 0
- cool colour
- complementary
- 180
- analogous
- 150
- False
- 300
- 240
- warm colour
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