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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 129 · 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 not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-green
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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