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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 678 · 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 purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-green
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  29. 29.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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