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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 829 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. opposite each other
  2. secondary colour
  3. blue and orange
  4. False
  5. False
  6. True
  7. True
  8. red and orange
  9. red and purple
  10. True
  11. red-purple
  12. brighter
  13. complementary pair
  14. blue
  15. purple and yellow
  16. yellow and purple
  17. dull, brownish colour
  18. True
  19. blue and green
  20. orange
  21. True
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. purple and yellow
  26. yellow-green
  27. False
  28. blue and purple
  29. True
  30. blue and orange
  31. orange and blue
  32. red and orange
  33. True
  34. blue
  35. False
  36. complementary pair
  37. False
  38. True
  39. complementary pair
  40. True

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