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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 308 · 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) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  3. 3.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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