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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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