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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 143 · 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.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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