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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 968 · 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 is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  12. 12.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) red-purple
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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