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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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