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: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 2.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) blue with orange (c) blue and blue-green (d) three shades of green
- 3.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 4.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: purple is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 90° and the next at 210°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 7.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 8.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) light and dark blues (b) yellow with purple (c) orange, green and purple (d) blue with orange
- 9.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) red with green (c) pale to deep red (d) blue and blue-green
- 10.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) red with green (b) red, yellow and blue (c) pale to deep red (d) blue and blue-green
- 11.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) yellow and yellow-green (b) blue with orange (c) light and dark blues (d) blue and blue-green
- 12.🎨 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?
- 13.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
- 14.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 15.🎨 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?
- 16.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
- 17.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) pale to deep red (d) yellow with purple
- 18.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 19.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) border (c) tint (d) pixel
- 20.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) brown (d) green
- 21.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) triadic (b) monochrome (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 22.🎨 In paint, mixing red and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) brown
- 23.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 24.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) brown
- 25.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) triadic (d) analogous
- 26.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 27.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) neutral (d) triadic
- 28.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 30.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) black and white only (b) orange and purple (c) red, yellow and blue (d) red, green and blue
- 32.True or false: red-orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) brown (d) purple
- 35.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 36.🎨 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?
- 37.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 39.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) blues and greens (b) reds and oranges (c) oranges and pinks (d) yellows and reds
- 40.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
Answer key
- warm colour
- blue and blue-green
- triadic
- False
- True
- 330
- complementary
- orange, green and purple
- pale to deep red
- red, yellow and blue
- blue with orange
- 90
- yellow
- warm colour
- 30
- blue
- yellow with purple
- cool colour
- tint
- green
- monochrome
- orange
- cool colour
- purple
- analogous
- warm colour
- analogous
- True
- cool colour
- False
- red, green and blue
- True
- True
- orange
- analogous
- 210
- False
- 30
- blues and greens
- cool colour
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