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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 785 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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