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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 110 · 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: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) green (d) red
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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