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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 695 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-purple
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. True
  3. True
  4. blue
  5. red-orange
  6. False
  7. red and green
  8. yellow
  9. red-purple
  10. True
  11. True
  12. opposite each other
  13. red and green
  14. red and orange
  15. yellow and purple
  16. dull, brownish colour
  17. red and orange
  18. True
  19. True
  20. orange
  21. blue-purple
  22. yellow and orange
  23. complementary pair
  24. True
  25. green and red
  26. green
  27. complementary pair
  28. blue-green
  29. False
  30. orange and blue
  31. False
  32. complementary pair
  33. green and yellow
  34. False
  35. True
  36. red
  37. secondary colour
  38. purple and yellow
  39. purple
  40. True

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