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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 274 · 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 orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-green
  4. 4.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  33. 33.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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