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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 512 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  32. 32.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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