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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 702 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) red-orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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