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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 741 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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