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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 853 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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