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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 180 · 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: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  37. 37.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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