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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 596 · 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) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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