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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 314 · 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.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  32. 32.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler

Answer key

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

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