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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 365 · 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: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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