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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 98 · 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: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  31. 31.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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