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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 49 · 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) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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