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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 621 · 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-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue 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) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange 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) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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