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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 373 · 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 and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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