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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 366 · 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. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and green
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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