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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 259 · 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: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  8. 8.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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