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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 270 · 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.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red 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) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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