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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 551 · 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: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  13. 13.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) red (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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