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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 542 · 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: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) green
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  28. 28.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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