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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 774 · 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) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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