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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 854 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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