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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 291 · 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: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) blue-green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  28. 28.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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