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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 225 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) red
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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