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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 92 · 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) True (b) False
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and red
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) green
  40. 40.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour

Answer key

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

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