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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 369 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  18. 18.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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