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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 925 · 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) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  5. 5.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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