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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 279 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  36. 36.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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