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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 218 · 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: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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