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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 907 · 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.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red

Answer key

  1. complementary pair
  2. blue-green
  3. False
  4. False
  5. purple and yellow
  6. False
  7. yellow
  8. True
  9. yellow and orange
  10. yellow-orange
  11. red and green
  12. green and yellow
  13. red and green
  14. dull, brownish colour
  15. red and purple
  16. purple
  17. red and orange
  18. blue and purple
  19. orange and blue
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. orange
  24. opposite each other
  25. False
  26. True
  27. green and red
  28. True
  29. red and orange
  30. secondary colour
  31. yellow and orange
  32. True
  33. False
  34. green
  35. blue
  36. True
  37. blue-purple
  38. orange and blue
  39. brighter
  40. green and red

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