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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 991 · 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 yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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