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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 238 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) red-purple
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) purple
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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