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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 746 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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