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