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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 820 · 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: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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