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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 352 · 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) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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