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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 461 · 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.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller

Answer key

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

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