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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 984 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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