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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 619 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red

Answer key

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

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