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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 658 · 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-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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