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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 934 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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