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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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