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