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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 358 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  2. 2.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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