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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 81 · 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: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  24. 24.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  31. 31.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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