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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 525 · 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-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  23. 23.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  25. 25.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white

Answer key

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

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