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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 398 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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