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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 478 · 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 is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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