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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 640 · 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: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) green (d) purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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