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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 974 · 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.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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