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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 137 · 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: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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