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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 742 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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