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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 704 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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