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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 623 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-purple
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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