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-green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 2.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 3.🎨 In paint, mixing red and blue makes which colour? (a) brown (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
- 4.🌈 Warm or cool: blue? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 5.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) brown (d) orange
- 6.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) blue with orange (c) light and dark blues (d) pale to deep red
- 7.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite yellow? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
- 9.🎨 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?
- 10.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red with green”? (a) analogous (b) monochrome (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 11.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) shade (b) font (c) tint (d) margin
- 13.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 270° and the next at 30°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 14.🎨 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?
- 15.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 16.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow with purple”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 17.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: red-orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) reds and oranges (b) blues and greens (c) oranges and pinks (d) yellows and reds
- 20.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) purple (b) brown (c) green (d) orange
- 21.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) pixel (b) shade (c) border (d) tint
- 22.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) light and dark blues (c) three shades of green (d) yellow with purple
- 23.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 24.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red, yellow and blue”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 26.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) blue and blue-green (b) light and dark blues (c) yellow with purple (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 27.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 28.🌈 The three primary colours of paint are … (a) green, pink and black (b) red, yellow and blue (c) white, grey and black (d) orange, green, purple
- 29.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
- 30.True or false: teal is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) monochrome (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 32.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 33.True or false: yellow is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) red, yellow and blue (b) black and white only (c) orange and purple (d) red, green and blue
- 35.🎨 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?
- 36.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite green? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
- 37.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) brown
- 38.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 39.🎨 A colour sits at 330° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 40.🌈 Warm or cool: red? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
Answer key
- cool colour
- warm colour
- purple
- cool colour
- orange
- blue and blue-green
- False
- purple
- 90
- complementary
- True
- shade
- 150
- 270
- cool colour
- complementary
- False
- True
- blues and greens
- green
- tint
- yellow with purple
- warm colour
- True
- triadic
- light and dark blues
- monochrome
- red, yellow and blue
- orange
- True
- analogous
- cool colour
- True
- red, green and blue
- 180
- red
- purple
- warm colour
- 150
- warm colour
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