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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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