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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 509 · 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 red? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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