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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 44 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) orange
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. opposite each other
  2. purple
  3. red and purple
  4. brighter
  5. False
  6. blue and orange
  7. False
  8. complementary pair
  9. False
  10. False
  11. yellow-orange
  12. blue and purple
  13. dull, brownish colour
  14. orange and blue
  15. complementary pair
  16. blue and green
  17. blue
  18. orange
  19. yellow and orange
  20. red and purple
  21. green and red
  22. secondary colour
  23. False
  24. complementary pair
  25. True
  26. red-orange
  27. True
  28. red and orange
  29. red
  30. False
  31. yellow-green
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. blue and purple
  40. True

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