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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 85 · 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-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red-purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other

Answer key

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

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