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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 140 · 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.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) blue-green
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  10. 10.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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