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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 376 · 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.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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