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.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 2.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 3.True or false: blue-violet is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) light and dark blues (c) red with green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 5.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 6.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) light and dark blues (c) red and red-orange (d) yellow with purple
- 7.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) neutral (d) complementary
- 8.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) pixel (b) border (c) tint (d) shade
- 9.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) brown
- 10.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
- 11.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 12.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
- 13.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) brown (d) purple
- 14.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) black and white only (b) red, green and blue (c) red, yellow and blue (d) orange and purple
- 15.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) red with green (c) blue and blue-green (d) orange, green and purple
- 16.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) light and dark blues (d) three shades of green
- 17.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
- 18.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) neutral
- 19.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 20.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) blue and blue-green (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) three shades of green
- 21.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 22.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 23.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red with green (c) light and dark blues (d) blue and blue-green
- 24.🎨 A colour sits at 30° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 25.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 26.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 27.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 180° and the next at 300°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 28.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) yellow with purple (c) blue and blue-green (d) red and red-orange
- 29.True or false: teal is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 150° and the next at 270°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 31.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red with green (b) light and dark blues (c) pale to deep red (d) red, yellow and blue
- 32.🎨 A colour sits at 240° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 33.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) triadic (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 34.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) font (b) tint (c) shade (d) margin
- 37.🎨 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?
- 38.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎨 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?
- 40.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) red and red-orange (c) blue and blue-green (d) blue with orange
Answer key
- cool colour
- cool colour
- False
- red with green
- warm colour
- light and dark blues
- analogous
- tint
- orange
- green
- complementary
- blue
- purple
- red, green and blue
- orange, green and purple
- yellow and yellow-green
- green
- complementary
- warm colour
- three shades of green
- 180
- 30
- blue and blue-green
- 210
- complementary
- cool colour
- 60
- yellow with purple
- False
- 30
- red, yellow and blue
- 60
- monochrome
- False
- False
- shade
- 90
- False
- 270
- blue with orange
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