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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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