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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 157 · 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.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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