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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 513 · 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-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) red
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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