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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 611 · 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.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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