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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 715 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  12. 12.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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