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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 745 · 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.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) green
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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