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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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