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.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) brown (d) orange
- 2.🎨 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?
- 3.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 4.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 5.True or false: blue-violet is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) reds and oranges (b) yellows and reds (c) oranges and pinks (d) blues and greens
- 7.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
- 8.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) blue and blue-green (c) red and red-orange (d) blue with orange
- 9.🎨 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?
- 10.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) border (b) shade (c) pixel (d) tint
- 11.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎨 A colour sits at 150° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 13.🎨 A colour sits at 120° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 14.True or false: yellow is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red with green (c) three shades of green (d) pale to deep red
- 17.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) red with green (c) orange, green and purple (d) three shades of green
- 18.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) brown
- 19.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
- 20.🎨 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?
- 21.🎨 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?
- 22.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 23.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 24.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) red, yellow and blue (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) blue and blue-green
- 25.🌈 Warm or cool: teal? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 26.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 27.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue with orange (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) yellow with purple
- 28.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) red with green (c) blue and blue-green (d) three shades of green
- 29.True or false: blue-violet is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) brown
- 33.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
- 34.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 35.🎨 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?
- 36.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) brown
- 37.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 38.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 39.🎨 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?
- 40.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) orange, green, purple (b) green, pink and black (c) white, grey and black (d) red, yellow and blue
Answer key
- orange
- 180
- warm colour
- 30
- False
- blues and greens
- blue
- blue with orange
- 270
- tint
- False
- 330
- 300
- True
- True
- yellow and yellow-green
- red with green
- orange
- orange
- 150
- 90
- 180
- cool colour
- red, yellow and blue
- cool colour
- monochrome
- pale to deep red
- three shades of green
- True
- True
- red, green and blue
- purple
- red
- warm colour
- 120
- purple
- complementary
- analogous
- 300
- red, yellow and blue
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