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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 903 · 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 orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  7. 7.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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