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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 328 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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