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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 914 · 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 purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue

Answer key

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

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