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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 75 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  20. 20.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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