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