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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 185 · 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) red-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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