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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 493 · 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-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange

Answer key

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

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