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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 433 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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