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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 731 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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