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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 128 · 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: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) red-purple
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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