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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 296 · 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) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  14. 14.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  27. 27.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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