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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 434 · 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) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  17. 17.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  40. 40.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

  1. blue and orange
  2. green and yellow
  3. brighter
  4. red and green
  5. True
  6. False
  7. red-purple
  8. False
  9. blue and orange
  10. orange
  11. False
  12. complementary pair
  13. True
  14. True
  15. True
  16. red
  17. opposite each other
  18. False
  19. complementary pair
  20. False
  21. secondary colour
  22. blue-purple
  23. True
  24. False
  25. green
  26. blue
  27. dull, brownish colour
  28. False
  29. purple
  30. yellow
  31. True
  32. red and green
  33. complementary pair
  34. blue and green
  35. False
  36. complementary pair
  37. complementary pair
  38. yellow and orange
  39. purple and yellow
  40. blue

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