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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 410 · 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 yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  9. 9.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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