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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 520 · 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 blue? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue-green
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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