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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 401 · 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-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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