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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 325 · 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) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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