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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 519 · 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: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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