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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 836 · 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) blue-green (c) green (d) purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-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: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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