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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 467 · 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) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  14. 14.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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