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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 811 · 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 blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  26. 26.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  38. 38.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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