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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 230 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  9. 9.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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