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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 363 · 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) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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