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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 634 · 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 and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-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) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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