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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 427 · 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: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour

Answer key

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

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