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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 477 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-green
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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