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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 62 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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