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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 205 · 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 purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  8. 8.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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