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