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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 402 · 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 orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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