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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 894 · 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: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  19. 19.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  35. 35.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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