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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 940 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) green (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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