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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 748 · 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) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-orange
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  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.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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