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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 835 · 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) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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