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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 329 · 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 orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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