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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 889 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange

Answer key

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

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