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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 130 · 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) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  15. 15.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) orange
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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