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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 868 · 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) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  2. 2.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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