WSLsk-Grade 7-EA-Complementary Colours

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Topic: Colours
Subtopic: Complementary Colours
WALT: Identify Complementary Colours

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List the colour categories.

• Primary Colours: Red Blue Yellow
• Secondary Colours: Green Orange Purple/Violet
• Tertiary Colours:
• Intermediate Colours
• Complementary Colours

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How can we identify complementary colours?

• Every colour has an opposite colour on the colour

wheel.

• If you look at the colours that are opposite one

another, you will see that they are very different.

• For example, yellow is very different from purple.

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What are complementary colours?

• These are opposite contrasting colours found on

the colour wheel.

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What does the word complementary mean?

• The word complementary means bringing out the best

in something.

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Why are opposite colours called complementary?

• Opposite colours are called complementary because

they look good together.

Multiple Choice

List three colour categories.

• Primary, secondary, tertiary
• Red, blue, green
• Warm, cool, neutral
• Light, dark, medium

Multiple Choice

List the three primary colours.

• black, white, and gray
• green, purple, and orange
• red, blue, and yellow
• pink, turquoise, and lavender

Multiple Choice

Tertiary colours are formed by

• Mixing equal parts of a primary color and a secondary color
• Mixing a primary color with white
• Adding black to a secondary color
• Mixing two primary colors

Multiple Choice

Every colour on the colour wheel has an opposing

• complementary color
• similar color
• contrasting color
• matching color

Multiple Choice

The word complementary means_

• opposing or conflicting with something else
• completing or enhancing something else
• detracting or diminishing something else
• isolated or separate from something else

Open Ended

List the complementary colours to the following colours.