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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 938 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white

Answer key

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

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