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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 607 · 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: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  9. 9.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) green
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  37. 37.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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