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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 361 · 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.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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