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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 798 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  12. 12.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  39. 39.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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