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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 429 · 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) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler

Answer key

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

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