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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 124 · 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.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) orange
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue-green
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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