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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 515 · 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: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  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.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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