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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 217 · 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) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) red
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  13. 13.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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