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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 159 · 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.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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