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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 316 · 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) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  20. 20.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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