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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 449 · 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: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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