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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 690 · 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 blue-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  34. 34.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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