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.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
- 2.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 90° and the next at 210°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 3.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 5.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
- 6.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 180° and the next at 300°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 7.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 8.🎨 A colour sits at 330° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 9.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 10.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) brown (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
- 11.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) orange and purple (b) black and white only (c) red, green and blue (d) red, yellow and blue
- 12.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) triadic
- 13.🎨 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?
- 14.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 15.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) brown (c) green (d) purple
- 16.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) blue with orange (c) red with green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 17.🎨 A colour sits at 270° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 18.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) font (b) tint (c) margin (d) shade
- 20.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) brown
- 21.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 22.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 23.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 24.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) light and dark blues (d) blue with orange
- 25.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) brown
- 26.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 27.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) brown (d) purple
- 28.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 29.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) monochrome (d) complementary
- 30.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 31.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
- 32.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) tint (c) border (d) pixel
- 34.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) red with green (c) light and dark blues (d) red, yellow and blue
- 35.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
- 36.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) three shades of green (c) orange, green and purple (d) blue and blue-green
- 37.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 39.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
- 40.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
Answer key
- green
- 330
- cool colour
- complementary
- yellow
- 60
- cool colour
- 150
- complementary
- green
- red, green and blue
- monochrome
- 240
- warm colour
- green
- yellow and yellow-green
- 90
- False
- shade
- orange
- cool colour
- complementary
- analogous
- light and dark blues
- purple
- cool colour
- purple
- cool colour
- analogous
- warm colour
- orange
- True
- tint
- red with green
- purple
- three shades of green
- False
- 120
- red
- blue
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