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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 979 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  33. 33.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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