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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 663 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) green
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  13. 13.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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