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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 103 · 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) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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