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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 145 · 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: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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