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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 99 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour

Answer key

  1. purple and yellow
  2. opposite each other
  3. True
  4. True
  5. green
  6. blue
  7. False
  8. True
  9. brighter
  10. False
  11. complementary pair
  12. red and purple
  13. red and green
  14. blue and orange
  15. green and red
  16. False
  17. secondary colour
  18. yellow and purple
  19. True
  20. True
  21. yellow and orange
  22. complementary pair
  23. False
  24. green and yellow
  25. False
  26. blue-green
  27. purple
  28. True
  29. False
  30. red and orange
  31. orange
  32. yellow-green
  33. False
  34. False
  35. purple and yellow
  36. blue-purple
  37. yellow
  38. True
  39. red
  40. dull, brownish colour

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