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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 437 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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