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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 875 · 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: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) green
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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