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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 680 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre

Answer key

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

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