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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 583 · 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: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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