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 monochrome scheme? (a) red with green (b) three shades of green (c) red, yellow and blue (d) yellow with purple
- 2.True or false: orange is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🌈 Which colour scheme is “yellow and yellow-green”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 4.🎨 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?
- 5.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎨 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?
- 7.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and yellow makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
- 8.🎨 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?
- 9.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) red with green (b) three shades of green (c) blue and blue-green (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 10.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) complementary (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 11.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 13.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) three shades of green (b) blue with orange (c) yellow and yellow-green (d) orange, green and purple
- 14.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) font (b) tint (c) shade (d) margin
- 15.🌈 Which colour scheme is “red and red-orange”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) monochrome (d) analogous
- 16.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) monochrome (b) analogous (c) triadic (d) complementary
- 17.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 18.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
- 19.🌈 Which colour scheme is “orange, green and purple”? (a) triadic (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) monochrome
- 20.🌈 Which colour scheme is “three shades of green”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) triadic (d) analogous
- 21.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) orange (d) purple
- 22.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) red, green and blue (b) black and white only (c) orange and purple (d) red, yellow and blue
- 23.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue and blue-green (c) yellow with purple (d) blue with orange
- 24.True or false: blue-violet is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: blue is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎨 A colour sits at 0° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 27.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) blues and greens (b) reds and oranges (c) yellows and reds (d) oranges and pinks
- 28.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 29.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 30.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 32.🎨 A colour sits at 210° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 33.True or false: orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 35.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 60° and the next at 180°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 36.🎨 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?
- 37.🌈 Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 38.True or false: blue-green is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: red-orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) border (b) tint (c) pixel (d) shade
Answer key
- three shades of green
- False
- analogous
- 270
- False
- 90
- green
- 330
- red with green
- analogous
- False
- warm colour
- blue with orange
- shade
- analogous
- complementary
- cool colour
- green
- triadic
- monochrome
- purple
- red, green and blue
- blue and blue-green
- True
- True
- 180
- blues and greens
- warm colour
- cool colour
- False
- warm colour
- 30
- True
- cool colour
- 300
- 150
- complementary
- True
- True
- tint
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