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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 743 · 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: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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