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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 831 · 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) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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