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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 336 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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