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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 565 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red
  34. 34.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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