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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 719 · 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: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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