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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 446 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  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) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-purple
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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