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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 610 · 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 purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  35. 35.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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