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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 574 · 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: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  21. 21.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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