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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 647 · 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 yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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