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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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