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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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