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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 843 · 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 blue? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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