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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 392 · 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: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  10. 10.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  24. 24.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour

Answer key

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

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