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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 471 · 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 yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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