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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 656 · 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) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. dull, brownish colour
  2. green and red
  3. red-purple
  4. red-orange
  5. False
  6. False
  7. red
  8. blue and orange
  9. blue
  10. False
  11. complementary pair
  12. secondary colour
  13. blue and orange
  14. blue and purple
  15. False
  16. complementary pair
  17. red and orange
  18. complementary pair
  19. red and green
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. yellow-orange
  25. True
  26. brighter
  27. True
  28. purple and yellow
  29. True
  30. False
  31. blue and green
  32. True
  33. opposite each other
  34. green and yellow
  35. orange
  36. False
  37. yellow and orange
  38. False
  39. yellow
  40. False

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