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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 315 · 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 is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) green
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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