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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 927 · 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) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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