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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 858 · 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 purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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