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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 546 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  20. 20.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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