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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 454 · 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 blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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