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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 653 · 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 is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  37. 37.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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