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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 646 · 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-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  31. 31.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. green
  3. complementary pair
  4. blue and purple
  5. red-orange
  6. True
  7. complementary pair
  8. orange and blue
  9. red and orange
  10. yellow
  11. purple and yellow
  12. False
  13. opposite each other
  14. dull, brownish colour
  15. False
  16. blue and green
  17. green and red
  18. secondary colour
  19. True
  20. red-purple
  21. True
  22. complementary pair
  23. True
  24. complementary pair
  25. False
  26. blue and orange
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. brighter
  31. False
  32. False
  33. yellow-green
  34. False
  35. red and purple
  36. blue
  37. True
  38. blue
  39. True
  40. True

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