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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 227 · 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.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  26. 26.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green

Answer key

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

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