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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 167 · 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) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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