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) light and dark blues (b) red and red-orange (c) blue with orange (d) orange, green and purple
- 2.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) brown
- 3.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) blue and blue-green (c) three shades of green (d) light and dark blues
- 4.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) black and white only (b) red, yellow and blue (c) red, green and blue (d) orange and purple
- 5.True or false: blue-violet is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: blue is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 8.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) neutral (d) complementary
- 9.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) red with green (c) three shades of green (d) blue with orange
- 10.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 11.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 13.True or false: yellow-orange is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎨 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?
- 16.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) light and dark blues (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 17.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
- 18.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 19.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) red and red-orange (b) three shades of green (c) orange, green and purple (d) blue with orange
- 20.True or false: yellow is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) analogous
- 22.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) yellows and reds (b) oranges and pinks (c) blues and greens (d) reds and oranges
- 23.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 24.🎨 A colour sits at 120° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 25.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) red and red-orange (c) yellow with purple (d) light and dark blues
- 26.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) yellow with purple (b) blue with orange (c) orange, green and purple (d) light and dark blues
- 27.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) purple (d) orange
- 28.🎨 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?
- 29.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 30.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) complementary (b) analogous (c) monochrome (d) triadic
- 31.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) red with green (d) red, yellow and blue
- 33.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 34.True or false: green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
- 36.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 37.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 38.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🎨 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?
- 40.🎨 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?
Answer key
- blue with orange
- green
- blue and blue-green
- red, green and blue
- False
- True
- complementary
- complementary
- orange, green and purple
- warm colour
- True
- cool colour
- False
- False
- 90
- red, yellow and blue
- red
- analogous
- three shades of green
- True
- triadic
- blues and greens
- warm colour
- 300
- yellow with purple
- light and dark blues
- orange
- 30
- 0
- complementary
- True
- pale to deep red
- monochrome
- True
- green
- analogous
- 30
- False
- 330
- 180
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