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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 327 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-green
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  36. 36.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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