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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 895 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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