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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 796 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) blue-green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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