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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 194 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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