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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 452 · 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: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) green
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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