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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 326 · 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: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) purple
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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