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