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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 902 · 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: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  4. 4.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-orange
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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