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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 494 · 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.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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