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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 651 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) green
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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