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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 839 · 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) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  2. 2.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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