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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 764 · 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) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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