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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 602 · 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 blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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