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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 932 · 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) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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