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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 891 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and red
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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