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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 593 · 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 orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  5. 5.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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