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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 168 · 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) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  2. 2.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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