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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 650 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  23. 23.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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