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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 179 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour

Answer key

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

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