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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 383 · 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 yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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