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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 244 · 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) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  16. 16.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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