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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 674 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  2. 2.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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