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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 250 · 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 red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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