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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 418 · 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.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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