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