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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 716 · 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.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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