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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 152 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) green
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white

Answer key

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

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