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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 776 · 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 a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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