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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 492 · 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) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red

Answer key

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

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