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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 919 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) green
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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