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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 819 · 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 yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  22. 22.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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