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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 331 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  7. 7.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) purple
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) red-orange
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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