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