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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 346 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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