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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 564 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  39. 39.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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