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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 480 · 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 is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  23. 23.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) orange
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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