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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 488 · 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 purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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