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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 873 · 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 green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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