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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 897 · 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: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  19. 19.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) green
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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