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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 332 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  5. 5.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  35. 35.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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