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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 603 · 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 and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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