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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 822 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  29. 29.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange

Answer key

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

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