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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 720 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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