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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 501 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (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 is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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