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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 324 · 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) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  20. 20.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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