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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 887 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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