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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 442 · 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 green (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  4. 4.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) orange
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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