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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 833 · 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) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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