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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 585 · 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) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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