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