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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 323 · 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 blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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