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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 196 · 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 yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  6. 6.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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