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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 660 · 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-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) orange (d) red-orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. False
  4. blue
  5. opposite each other
  6. True
  7. False
  8. blue and purple
  9. yellow and orange
  10. dull, brownish colour
  11. True
  12. red and orange
  13. False
  14. False
  15. True
  16. blue and green
  17. brighter
  18. complementary pair
  19. orange
  20. complementary pair
  21. red and purple
  22. blue-green
  23. green and yellow
  24. False
  25. False
  26. secondary colour
  27. yellow-green
  28. green and red
  29. red and purple
  30. False
  31. purple and yellow
  32. blue-purple
  33. False
  34. complementary pair
  35. True
  36. red
  37. True
  38. False
  39. complementary pair
  40. yellow and purple

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