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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 760 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) red-purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red-purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour

Answer key

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

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