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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 213 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-purple (d) green
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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