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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 920 · 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: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  3. 3.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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