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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 823 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-green
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  34. 34.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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