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