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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 193 · 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 red? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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