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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 556 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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