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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 254 · 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.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
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  6. 6.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red

Answer key

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

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