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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 340 · 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) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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