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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 885 · 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 and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-green
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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