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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 625 · 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 and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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