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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 644 · 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: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-green (d) green
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  25. 25.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  28. 28.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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