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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 642 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  40. 40.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour

Answer key

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

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