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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 986 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  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) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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