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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 355 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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