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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 445 · 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 and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  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.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) green
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  24. 24.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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