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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 393 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  4. 4.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  12. 12.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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