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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 705 · 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-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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