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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 52 · 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 purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  12. 12.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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