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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 94 · 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 green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  4. 4.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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