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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 778 · 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.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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