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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 617 · 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: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  16. 16.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (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: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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