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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 734 · 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: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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