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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 975 · 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 purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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