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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 699 · 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.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-green
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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