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