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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 827 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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