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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 231 · 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.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. dull, brownish colour
  2. True
  3. complementary pair
  4. False
  5. False
  6. True
  7. red and purple
  8. blue
  9. green and yellow
  10. False
  11. complementary pair
  12. True
  13. blue and purple
  14. orange and blue
  15. complementary pair
  16. True
  17. brighter
  18. green and red
  19. blue and orange
  20. red and orange
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. blue and orange
  25. orange
  26. False
  27. False
  28. secondary colour
  29. False
  30. blue-purple
  31. yellow-green
  32. opposite each other
  33. blue and green
  34. red and orange
  35. True
  36. False
  37. True
  38. yellow and purple
  39. purple
  40. False

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