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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 48 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  27. 27.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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