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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 601 · 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) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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