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