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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 136 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  2. 2.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue

Answer key

  1. brighter
  2. True
  3. dull, brownish colour
  4. red and orange
  5. True
  6. False
  7. not complementary
  8. True
  9. not complementary
  10. red
  11. not complementary
  12. True
  13. blue and purple
  14. blue and orange
  15. complementary pair
  16. not complementary
  17. False
  18. blue
  19. False
  20. orange and blue
  21. opposite each other
  22. red and purple
  23. complementary pair
  24. blue
  25. True
  26. not complementary
  27. secondary colour
  28. green and red
  29. red and orange
  30. False
  31. yellow and orange
  32. red and green
  33. not complementary
  34. red and green
  35. False
  36. yellow-orange
  37. red and purple
  38. yellow
  39. True
  40. yellow and orange

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