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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 390 · 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: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) purple
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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