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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 693 · 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: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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