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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 888 · 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.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (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) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  34. 34.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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