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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 615 · 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 green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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