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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 736 · 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 green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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