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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 632 · 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) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  24. 24.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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