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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 338 · 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-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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