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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 572 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) purple
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red

Answer key

  1. blue and green
  2. blue and purple
  3. red-purple
  4. opposite each other
  5. False
  6. True
  7. blue
  8. complementary pair
  9. yellow and orange
  10. True
  11. orange and blue
  12. complementary pair
  13. red and purple
  14. False
  15. False
  16. green and yellow
  17. red and orange
  18. True
  19. dull, brownish colour
  20. False
  21. complementary pair
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. True
  26. True
  27. False
  28. purple and yellow
  29. blue and green
  30. blue-green
  31. brighter
  32. False
  33. True
  34. True
  35. yellow-orange
  36. False
  37. blue
  38. purple
  39. red and green
  40. green and red

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