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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 287 · 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: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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