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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 464 · 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: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  20. 20.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue

Answer key

  1. False
  2. complementary pair
  3. blue
  4. False
  5. red-purple
  6. False
  7. purple
  8. red and purple
  9. green and red
  10. blue and green
  11. green
  12. yellow-orange
  13. blue and orange
  14. True
  15. True
  16. blue and orange
  17. red and green
  18. orange
  19. opposite each other
  20. complementary pair
  21. complementary pair
  22. True
  23. blue-green
  24. green and red
  25. purple and yellow
  26. red and orange
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. yellow-green
  31. secondary colour
  32. complementary pair
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. orange and blue
  40. red and orange

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