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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 755 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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