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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 703 · 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) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  2. 2.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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