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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 409 · 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.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) red-purple (d) orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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