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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 948 · 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: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other

Answer key

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

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