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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 613 · 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 green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  3. 3.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) green (d) blue-green
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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