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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 276 · 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: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-green
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  35. 35.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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