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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 356 · 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) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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