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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 749 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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