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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 807 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  5. 5.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  39. 39.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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