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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 750 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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