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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 144 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  7. 7.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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