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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 517 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) green
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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