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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 150 · 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 blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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