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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 367 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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