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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 345 · 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-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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