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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 341 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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