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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 751 · 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 yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white

Answer key

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

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