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Colour Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel are considered to be _______________________.

a)

bright

b)

complementary

c)

dull

d)

triadic

2.

What is this called?

a)

Colour Circle

b)

Colour Prism

c)

Colour Wheel

d)

Colour Spectrum

3.

What are these called?

a)

Tertiary Colours

b)

Primary Colours

c)

Secondary Colours

4.

What are these called?

a)

Tertiary Colours

b)

Secondary Colours

c)

Primary Colours

5.
what does red and blue make?
a)
purple
b)
orange
c)
green
6.
What does red and yellow make?
a)
purple
b)
orange
c)
green
7.

What two colours do you mix to make green?

a)

blue and orange

b)

yellow and red

c)

blue and yellow

d)

yellow and violet

8.
What two colors do you mix to make orange?
a)
 red and yellow 
b)
blue and green
c)
red and violet
d)
yellow and orange
9.

What two colours do you mix to make violet?

a)

blue and yellow

b)

red and green

c)

blue and violet

d)

red and blue

10.
What are the three primary colors?
a)
purple, green, orange
b)
red, blue, yellow
c)
red, blue, green
d)
red, blue, orange
11.

What are the secondary colours?

a)

orange, green and blue

b)

orange, green and violet

c)

green, violet and red

d)

green, red and yellow

12.

Mixing primary and secondary Colours give us what?

a)

Monochromatic Colours

b)

Primary Colours

c)

Tertiary Colours

13.

Which one is NOT a primary colour?

a)

green

b)

red

c)

yellow

d)

blue

14.

Which one is NOT a secondary colour?

a)

green

b)

orange

c)

purple

d)

yellow

15.

When you mix a colour with BLACK you make a __________?

a)

Tint

b)

Tone

c)

Shade

16.
When you mix a color with WHITE you make a ___________?
a)
Tint
b)
Shade
c)
Tone
17.

Which one is NOT a cool colour?

a)

purple

b)

green

c)

yellow

d)

blue

18.

Primary and Secondary colours are mixed to create what classification of colour?

a)

Secondary

b)

Complimentary

c)

Analagous

d)

Tertiary

19.

Saturation makes colour appear:

a)

more subtle or more vibrant

b)

changes colour

c)

makes it darker

d)

makes it lighter

20.

Monochromatic colour scheme uses:

a)

1 colour

b)

2 colours

c)

3 colours

d)

4 colours