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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 636 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  12. 12.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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