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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 514 · 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) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  7. 7.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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