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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 582 · 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 orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) yellow-green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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