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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 516 · 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 blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) red
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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