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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 697 · 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: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  13. 13.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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