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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 412 · 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 and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  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.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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