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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 723 · 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: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  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.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  31. 31.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) 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 blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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