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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 600 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  22. 22.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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