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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 371 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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