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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 415 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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