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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 255 · 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 and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-green
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  40. 40.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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