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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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