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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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