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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 841 · 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) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  13. 13.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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