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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 791 · 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 purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) orange
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red
  29. 29.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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