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