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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 66 · 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 and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) green
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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