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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 246 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  23. 23.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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