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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 104 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  26. 26.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) red-purple
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) red-orange
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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