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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 857 · 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.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  36. 36.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. complementary pair
  2. False
  3. False
  4. False
  5. True
  6. True
  7. blue and orange
  8. blue and green
  9. blue
  10. blue
  11. red and green
  12. False
  13. False
  14. False
  15. False
  16. False
  17. red and orange
  18. dull, brownish colour
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. True
  23. yellow and purple
  24. orange and blue
  25. orange
  26. complementary pair
  27. False
  28. purple and yellow
  29. True
  30. opposite each other
  31. red-purple
  32. False
  33. blue and orange
  34. True
  35. secondary colour
  36. brighter
  37. red and orange
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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