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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 559 · 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 red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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