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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 102 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  4. 4.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  7. 7.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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