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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 138 · 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) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  7. 7.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple

Answer key

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

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