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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 444 · 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: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  36. 36.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white

Answer key

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

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