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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 207 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  29. 29.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) green
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. yellow
  2. False
  3. green and yellow
  4. True
  5. True
  6. False
  7. dull, brownish colour
  8. True
  9. orange
  10. yellow-orange
  11. orange and blue
  12. red and purple
  13. blue and orange
  14. opposite each other
  15. blue-green
  16. True
  17. yellow and orange
  18. True
  19. False
  20. secondary colour
  21. green and yellow
  22. True
  23. True
  24. green and red
  25. yellow-green
  26. red
  27. complementary pair
  28. brighter
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. red-purple
  33. red and green
  34. False
  35. yellow and purple
  36. blue
  37. purple and yellow
  38. purple
  39. red and orange
  40. True

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