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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 956 · 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) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  12. 12.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) blue
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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