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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 958 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  8. 8.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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