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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 744 · 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 red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) green
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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