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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 109 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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