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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 643 · 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 yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

  1. complementary pair
  2. complementary pair
  3. True
  4. orange and blue
  5. yellow and purple
  6. True
  7. False
  8. True
  9. brighter
  10. red and orange
  11. blue-green
  12. blue
  13. False
  14. True
  15. True
  16. True
  17. complementary pair
  18. False
  19. True
  20. False
  21. opposite each other
  22. True
  23. True
  24. complementary pair
  25. False
  26. green and yellow
  27. green
  28. False
  29. True
  30. True
  31. orange
  32. yellow-green
  33. blue-purple
  34. False
  35. red
  36. red and green
  37. blue and orange
  38. False
  39. red and orange
  40. purple and yellow

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