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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 281 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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