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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 881 · 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 orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  4. 4.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  29. 29.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red (d) purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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