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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 431 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  35. 35.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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