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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 637 · 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 is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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