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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 126 · 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 not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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