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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 793 · 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-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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