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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 118 · 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.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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