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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 489 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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