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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 550 · 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 yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) purple

Answer key

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

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