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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 391 · 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) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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