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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 648 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange

Answer key

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

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