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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 69 · 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 orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  20. 20.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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