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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 386 · 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-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red

Answer key

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

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