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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 846 · 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.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and green
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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