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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 892 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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