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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 661 · 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 purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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