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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 769 · 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 red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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