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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 77 · 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: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  5. 5.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour

Answer key

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

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