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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 313 · 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 green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  9. 9.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  15. 15.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow 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.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red

Answer key

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

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