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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 117 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  30. 30.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  32. 32.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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