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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 414 · 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 red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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