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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 333 · 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: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) green
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  32. 32.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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