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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 929 · 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 yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) green
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-green
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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