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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 717 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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