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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 942 · 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: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter

Answer key

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

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