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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 589 · 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.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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