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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 149 · 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: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  8. 8.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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