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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 357 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  9. 9.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  38. 38.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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