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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 240 · 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) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  15. 15.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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