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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 135 · 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) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  19. 19.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  21. 21.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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