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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 359 · 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 green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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