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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 971 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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