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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 670 · 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) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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