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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 278 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  10. 10.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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