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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 395 · 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: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  7. 7.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  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) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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