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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 523 · 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: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  9. 9.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  26. 26.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) red
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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